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Transboundary River Basin Overview – Euphrates-Tigris

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2018
France
Iraq
Turkey
Jordan
Italy
Syrian Arab Republic
Netherlands
Iran
Saudi Arabia

This river basin overview describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in the Euphrates-Tigris basin. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of this transboundary river basin and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular. Irrigation trends, existing policies and legislation to water use in agriculture, possible treaties and agreements between countries as well as prospects for water management in agriculture are presented, as described in literature.

Perfil de País – Honduras

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2018
Honduras
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Guatemala
Austria
Cuba

Este perfil de país describe el estado de los recursos hídricos y el uso del agua, así como el estado de la gestión del agua agrícola en Honduras. El objetivo de esta monografía es describir las particularidades del país y los problemas encontrados en el desarrollo de los recursos hídricos y el riego en particular.

Perfil de País – Mexico

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2018
India
Indonesia
Guatemala
China
Mexico

Este perfil de país describe el estado de los recursos hídricos y el uso del agua, así como el estado de la gestión del agua agrícola en Mexico. El objetivo de esta monografía es describir las particularidades del país y los problemas encontrados en el desarrollo de los recursos hídricos y el riego en particular.

Country profile – Armenia

Journal Articles & Books
May, 2008
Iran
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Turkey
Sweden
Italy

This country profile describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in Armenia. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of the country and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular. Irrigation trends, existing policies and legislation to water use in agriculture, possible treaties and agreements between countries as well as prospects for water management in agriculture are presented, as described in literature.

Progress on water use efficiency - Global baseline for SDG 6 Indicator 6.4.1

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2018
Egypt
Bangladesh
United States of America
Micronesia
Peru
Indonesia
Ethiopia
Malawi
Jordan
Uganda
Turkmenistan
Somalia
Uzbekistan
Netherlands
Senegal
Burundi
Chile
Azerbaijan
Australia
New Zealand
Nepal
South Sudan

Access to safe water and sanitation and sound management of freshwater ecosystems are at the very core of sustainable development. This is the aim of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), which includes approaches to water management supported by international cooperation, capacity building and stakeholder participation.

Transboundary River Basin Overview – Mekong

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2018
Laos
United States of America
Singapore
Vietnam
China
Italy
Cambodia
Myanmar
Thailand

This river basin overview describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in the Mekong basin. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of this transboundary river basin and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular. Irrigation trends, existing policies and legislation to water use in agriculture, possible treaties and agreements between countries as well as prospects for water management in agriculture are presented, as described in literature.

Stakeholder mapping and capacity needs assessment, Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
September, 2018
Kenya
Ethiopia
Netherlands

Given the scarcity of land and water resources, global strategies to increase food production should focus efforts on increasing production per unit resources, i.e. the combined increase of production per unit land surface (yield expressed in kg/ha1) and the increase of production per unit water used (water productivity expressed in kg/m³).

Perfil de País – El Salvador

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2018
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras

Este perfil de país describe el estado de los recursos hídricos y el uso del agua, así como el estado de la gestión del agua agrícola en El Salvador. El objetivo de esta monografía es describir las particularidades del país y los problemas encontrados en el desarrollo de los recursos hídricos y el riego en particular.

Transboundary River Basin Overview – Amazon

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2018
United States of America
Sweden
Peru
Italy
Ecuador
Bolivia
Suriname
Venezuela
Guyana
Colombia
Brazil

This river basin overview describes the state of the water resources and water use, as well as the state of agricultural water management in the Amazon basin. The aim of this report is to describe the particularities of this transboundary river basin and the problems met in the development of the water resources, and irrigation in particular. Irrigation trends, existing policies and legislation to water use in agriculture, possible treaties and agreements between countries as well as prospects for water management in agriculture are presented, as described in literature.